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I'm on creating an application like DropBox
regarding that I have a requirement of creating a special folder like Favorites, Downloads, Links, Quick access etc. Which can be pinned to the left pane of the file explorer as a separate menu item. This article says that such folders are known as special folders and are having a unique identifier called KNOWNFOLDERID
. Is there any possibility to create such folders. Which can be pinned to the left pane as a separate menu, not under Favorites links or user-Profile.
Yes. You can create shell objects pointing to a real folder. The shell folder can then be pinned to Navigation pane. Namespace extensions for the Windows Explorer folder pane and MSDN
– w32sh – 2016-08-01T07:08:21.107Add a Custom Folder in Explorer Navigation Pane under "This PC"? – w32sh – 2016-08-01T07:19:30.237
@w32sh : It is creating under "This pc" as its node, I want to create it as another root like "This PC", like
Dropbox, Google Drive
etc – sujith karivelil – 2016-08-01T07:21:57.587